slätt
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Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sléttr, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”). Cognate with Swedish slät (“smooth”), English slight, Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).
Noun
slätt c
Declension
| Declension of slätt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | slätt | slätten | slätter | slätterna |
| Genitive | slätts | slättens | slätters | slätternas |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
slätt
Further reading
- slätt in Svensk ordbok.